Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_v	good_a	see_v	1,023	5	2.8313	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97026	The good angel of Stamford. Or An extraordinary cure of an extraordinary consumption, in a true and faithful narrative of Samuel Wallas recovered, by the power of God, and prescription of an angel.	Wallas, Samuel.	1659 (1659)	Wing W494; Thomason E999_4; ESTC R207829	3,302	8

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